The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-09-01
ArArErUL MESSAGE.

The tolloxing i. condensed sooousi {
the adventures OF eonieierste, who. iik
many thousand Others. hsd ''bard ro'
10 Doe" for while. snd who. like ihos
~ho have not aimee The days OF the lai
var passed over the river" or 10 soldier
sersseuisr passed 10 bis checks, oeeas
lonally takes Retrospective vieu OF thos
grand and eventual times spd considers ]
matter of vonderment that he siill walk
the earth. "a thing Of life;" aye. aud feel
Ing yoanger and ffesher than he did tsen
~ seven years "a boy pmong the boys.
still pnrsuiug the svoca,ions Of life. will
hops as buoyani as wheu he sbouldefes
arms and marched With elastic step to th'
sound Of "Old Tom Reaches elariDei'
over the bills Of Vicksbnrg. the admira
tion OF the lovely girls, perfect hero if
bis own estims,ion. imagining the eyes ol
the world looked upon hin 10 awful won
derneot.
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from Houston. Texas. but At the com
mencement Of the late nnpleasautness
temporarily resided 10 Vicksburg, the en-
thusiasm so prevalent in the Hill City over
the prospect Of giving the Northmen q
trial OF strength was like other rpilemics,
catching; and the writer's system hccom :
ing perfectly impregnaied with the dis
ease, and not fudiug remedy. allowed it
to take such hold that he at once wrote
bis name ~ q member OF the Vicksburg
Cadets, US noble command as ever shoul.
dered arms. aud with captain Jesse
White true type OF noble southern youth
OF those days. who represented all that
was chivslrous. honorable, fearless, = in
fact, Gods noblest" work, a perfect gen
tlemsn. The writer Of this being at that
time q sound telegraph operator some
thing then so rare in the SOUTH rs men OF
that profession, mostly hailing from the
north. silently folded their tents and bied
themselves northward on the commence
mencement OF hostiities was at once
ordered from the command, receiving
instructions to report for duty, in the
capacity OF operator at Corintb, Miss To
describe the events OF the memorable bat
tie OF Shiloh would prove thrice told
tale and only repetition OF what has been
told thousand times. But memory will
still rise and assert its functions, and hun.
dreds of little kilograms handled by the
writer present themselves, such as: John
was bad y wounded but hope for the best. "
"Poor Willie was killed, gallantly
charging the enemy. will send remains
home"
"Brother James arm amputated, may
pull through. Break the news to mother
gently"
Thank God brother and are all right.
General Sidney Johnson killed. We
had the pleasure Of taking breakfast this
in the enemy's camp; they hsv-
ing kiolly prepared and left it for our
benefit.
Hundreds OF Others came thick and fast
taxing the operators night and day to their
fullest capacity.
"Are you safe? We wait in breathless
!"
"Oh. heavensl No kilograms as you
promised. Are you hurt9 Get a furlough
md come home"
Many hundred dollar bill has the
writer been offered by clamorous soldiers
ust from the front to serd his message
irst, as his wife or other dear ones would
20 crazy II no message came from him.
These little kilograms. though flashed
,ver the wire quarter OF q century ago,
ire as vivid in the writer's memory as il
twere but yesterday.
Well, we fell back and the writer was
'rdered to report at once to General NJ.
|. Smith, commanding at Vicksburg,
where, in few days. up to our eyes in
elegrams destined for President Davis
nd Others in authority, with thousands
4 other kilograms for Vicksburg. we soon
discovered that being q generals war
perator was no child's play, and that TO
'e with ones command would be far more :
'referable
A Grand old operator (Lee s. Daniel
ow master Of transportation OF the Maca-
oni railroad, running from Rosenburg to
'ictoria. was then the manager OF the .
'icksburg Office, and finer, or more rapid
'lesrapber never handled key or weld !
4 . pen; and be. l know, can never for
ct those busy and exciting days. ! never
link Of my old partner except with the !
cling OF brother "
His dear old form and face, as he ap
cared in those days, will ever be before
Q. He WAS Sampson in the lost cause
efore the war q private citizen, Dr. Hor- 81
70 Tibbets, living ut Trsnsylvsnia Land N
g. on the Mississippi river, caused TO be n
tablished . telegraph line from yicks-
irg 10 Lake Providence. This line he 8,
lilt for his own private use in order that n
J might have the news Of the day each Of
ornins telegraphed him when spending c,
while on his plantations each year, as
ls the custom Of large planters. a,
This little line proved to be god send
the Confederstes at yicksburg, for as !.
On Ms the news Of the downfalI Of Mem q,
lis was received, Lee Daniel was order -
to Transy sylvsnis to take charge OF said al
re, keeping q strict lookout for any =